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On Jun 1, 2020

@drkarenlucas shared

RT @danieloviedoh: Very happy to share a paper that took @lu_guzma and I a few years of rejections, conferences and revisions to finally get published, where we revisit earlier work on #accessibilty and #inequality in #Bogota using the capability approach. Download free: https://t.co/v0GE5rdymF https://t.co/nMR3P6mujw

Mobility. It is the glue that binds cities, societies, and civilizations together. What was just two months ago a necessity in conducting our daily routines has been (at least temporarily) ...

On Jun 4, 2020

@danielbongardt shared

RT @giztransport: #GreenRecovery: The German government agreed on a 130 billion € stimulus plan. With incentives for green technologies in mobility, Germany uses its response and recovery programme to strengthen the transformation in the transport sector!
Find out more: https://t.co/33n7ONmSel https://t.co/K6dj9QIuN3

To revive its virus struck economy, the German government agreed on a 130 billion Euro stimulus plan. Measures addressing the transport sector are a key pillar of the ...

On May 23, 2020

@SharedUseCntr shared

Read how #transit, #micromobility, TNCs, #carsharing, #autonomous vehicles, & #paratransit are using best practices to adapt services for social distancing/sanitary regulations while keeping operations afloat as the country reopens on the Learning Center. https://t.co/jzT2Ix4E5G

Will car traffic surge as lockdowns end, or will millions of Americans decide to bike, walk, or work from home permanently? Emerging research offers some hints.

On May 13, 2020

@PaulABarter shared

RT @GrahamCurrie1: Listen to the next Episode of RESEARCHING TRANSIT covering behavioural insights on Mobility as a Service from TU Delft researcher Maria J Alonso Gonzalez.
https://t.co/dRy98a4BSG https://t.co/LnoEEuzaCi

RT @NelsonNygaard: As the country prepares to open for business, our transportation systems may not be ready. We look at how TDM can leverage new tools and reduce VMT by getting more people back to work without a commute.
https://t.co/q1514O4Yqh https://t.co/BcxjZ0caBx

Transport technology company Via is busy in the midst of the coronavirus crisis, tackling new mobility challenges and working with a number of cities to apply transport solutions where ...

On Jun 6, 2020

@SPhillipsLuethi shared

#Covid19 Taskforce: @MelikaJinLA of @WunderMobility and I discuss the current role of #mobility #technology, the cities who are adapting the best during Covid-19 and what #transportation could look like in the future. Watch full webinar here https://t.co/fNq19BNeoL https://t.co/yW3VWHpqup

We have put together a Covid-19 Taskforce for shared mobility providers. The taskforce is comprised of experts in carshare, micromobility and microtransit.

On Jun 3, 2020

@macilree shared

RT @IntelTransport: After years of developing #autonomous shuttle solutions, the @FABULOSPCP project has announced that it is to trial fleets of autonomous #buses in five European cities. https://t.co/WqpLPQibTs https://t.co/rJKnPdy7NV

The call for funding follows an 86% drop in transit fare revenue over the past month, with Chicago's Transit Authority citing a $1 million loss in fare box revenues per day.

On May 29, 2020

@humantransit shared

RT @CityLab: "If you talk, you produce aerosol. If you talk louder, you produce more, so the loud-talking guys on the train are possibly the worst spreaders of the virus," explains Dr. Julian Tang, professor in the Department of Respiratory Sciences at @uniofleicester. https://t.co/zHmlxsj0NZ

To stay protected from Covid-19 on buses, trains and planes, experts say to focus more on distance from fellow passengers than air ventilation or surfaces.

On May 22, 2020

@SharedUseCntr shared

Even though #transit networks are struggling during the #COVID19 crisis, driving solo is not the solution. @NatGeo breaks down how resiliency plans to restructure #transportation systems can help fight it & #walkable/dense communities still reign supreme. https://t.co/hw3rvNSRfF

Coronavirus will upend—but perhaps make healthier—the ways we use trains, buses, and bike lanes in our post-pandemic future.

On May 30, 2020

@PaulABarter shared

RT @ITDPAfrica: COVID-19 has demonstrated the need for a strong urban public transport system. As cities recover from the #COVID19 crisis, re-designing streets and public spaces to integrate them with public transport is becoming even more important. @UNHABITAT
https://t.co/TrpoWzWKW3

Guest Column - With much of Africa currently in or beginning to emerge from COVID-19 restrictions, city dwellers have abandoned their typical travel habits. Where they once squeezed into ...

On Jun 2, 2020

@UNRSC shared

RT @WRIRossCities: “These people are in a lot of trouble...They are independent, gig economy workers and don't have any kind of protection and social services.”
#NowReading @WRIIndia's @madpai in @WIREDTransport on vulnerable #informal transit workers, via @flaviehalais. https://t.co/3cWW5JlYoV

The pandemic highlights the vulnerability of workers for private transportation services, which are essential to mobility in global south cities.

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